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move comes one month after the cities top prosecutor, was slapped with a record fine for ethics violations, good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. i'm jim donovan. man tasha brownies live outside d.a.'s office in center sit the which more on why, williams will not seek a good term, good afternoon, natasha. >> reporter: good afternoon, jim. not a resignation as many had speculatedd, this may be, but certainly an apology, from d.a. seth williams, a decision he says is necessary at this time. >> during my tenure, i have made regrettable mistakes in my personal life, and, personal financial life, that casts an unnecessary shadow over the district attorney's office. >> reporter: somewhat abrupt announcement from district tern seth williams, he will not the run for, reelection admitting he has brought shame to the office. williams faced ethics violations including failure to report $160,500 in gifts and income. he was ordered to pay $62,000 fine, last who, by the

philadelphia board of ethics. the largest fine ever imposed by the board. williams says that the decision to not seek a third term was difficult, but natalie best option for the office, and his family. >> so my decision to accept gifts and failed to report them brought embarrassment shame and adverse publicity to me and unfortunately to the office for which i love. for this i will always hold deep regret in my heart. >> reporter: d.a. seth williams spent first part of this announcement pretty much touting his ago establishments during his tenure, touting community based prosecution, unit that he established, also an increased in felony convictions rates as well. meantime reaction is now coming in, from an all ready crowded field of candidates running for district attorney 's office coming up in hey. five democratic candidates, one republican date of all now , put their hat in the ring of course, we will be following this story throughout the day and bring you latest in our later

newscast. live from center city, natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a search is on for suspects responsible for shooting a teen through the window of a house. shooting happen just were midnight on the 6700 block of 15th street in west oak lane. police tell us natalie 18 year-old rick tim did manage to make it to his neighbor's house and rushed to the hospital where he died a short time later a at this point no war on the motive. philadelphia police interrupt a violent home up racial in southwest philadelphia overnight. officers rescued two elderly woman after receiving calls from concerned neighbors. "eyewitness news" report are trang do has more on the investigation into why the women may have been targeted. >> reporter: yes. >> they are so scared but much relief, and everything. >> reporter: rescued by police just in the nick of time, two, six five-year old woman were bound, terrorized by one mask ed men who broke in their home at corner of 66th and green way avenue just before 2:00 a.m. a friend, relative of the two victims declined to appear on

camera but says one of the robbers threaten would the man in vietnamese, their native language. >> they kick this is back door and tried to threaten her by using the knife, on her neck, and bring her upstairs with another lady and they tied them up. >> reporter: one woman was punched in the face and choke. lieutenant john walker said neighbors heard commotion and called 911. >> the officers were able to get here quickly and neighbors recognized something was not right. >> reporter: office's rested two black males and one asian male on the second floor, two were armed with handguns. >> i think everybody is relieved, we're relieved to make an entry in the house with two armed men. officers did a phenomenal job in bringing this situation under control rather quickly. it could have been worse. >> reporter: investigators are looking into whether these three suspects could be link to a number of armed robberies , at asian own businesses, in southwest and west philadelphia. that they say these women were retired and were not business owners. in south philadelphia, i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". well, it is a frigid but sunny start to the day and we might be looking at a weekend warm up. meteorologist katie fehlinger is live on the cbs-3 skies deck with a closer look at temperatures. hi there, katie. >> hi rahel. this afternoon is unfolding as a very cold one for the delaware valley in the wake of the storm that came through yesterday. it ushered in that cold, on the northwest side of the storm system too, you started to see that really vicious wind kick in yesterday. it is still, breezy, dairy say blustery out here on the sky deck right now, but, it is also really cold when it just comes to the air temperature. but two combined makes for frigid feels like values. lets take a quick look at storm scan, not much stormy weather to track. we have got more sun then anything. patchy clouds overhead but we will eventually see these clouds build in with time. meanwhile if it were heart of the july this would be a really welcome sight, wouldn't it in trust me, it is freezing this is right outside margate city at beach patrol there. yeah, this is what it feels like right now. we have not veered too much

from these values since early this morning, even despite full sunshine so it feels more like the teens at this hour, and likely will for most of the rest of the afternoon but technically, i expect we will hit mid 30's here today, even with the sunshine you cannot bank on that really helping to moderator make it feel much better, so you still have to layer on that nice heavy winter coat, but as you mentioned we are expecting a warming trend to unfold into the weekend, however, is there also a glancing blow from another storm system, that is to tell you about. and in the meantime again, it is turning milder, with time, and coming up a little bit later in the the broadcast i will let you know what the impact will be there that storm system i just mentioned and when we will see them, guys. >> thanks very much, katie. prime minister of japan is expect to meet with president trum top day at the white house. prime minister shin sue ab a laid a wreath at arlington national cemetery and will discuss japanese and u.s. business relations. afterward the two will hold a joint news conference, this is president trump's second time hosting a world leader.

he met with british prime minister teresa may last month meanwhile the senate has confirmed president trump's pick for health and human services secretary, tom price, vote was along party lines as expect, 52-47. democrats opposed price's support for revamping medicare , republicans say price will spearhead the repealing and replacing of the affordable care act. and president trump may take legal battle over his travel ban to the supreme court. the last night appeals court refused to reinstate the order that temporarily bans travelers from seven majority muslim countries. correspondent weijia jiang has latest developments from the white house. >> reporter: president trump lashed out again about the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals ruling against reinstating mr. trump's refugee and immigration order calling it a disgraceful decision, on twitter. the last night he tweeted see you in court, before speaking to reporters, off camera. >> we have a situation where the security of our country is

at the stake and it is a very serious situation. >> reporter: three panel judge in california, disagreed. it ruled natalie government has pointed to no evidence that any aliens from any of the countries name in the order has perpretrated a terror attack in the u.s. >> the ninth circuit also disagreed with the justice department's claim that the courts over stepped boundaries >> the three judges wrote natalie courts are not power less to review the political branches actions with respect to national security. >> we have been in court twice and we're two for two. >> reporter: washington state and minnesota challenge the ban arguing it discriminated base honorary lincoln and race >> weaver a nation of laws. they apply to everybody in our country, and that includes the president of the united states >> reporter: the just advertise department says that it is now reviewing its options. it has 14 days to ask the court to least consider its decision or file an emergency appeal, with the supreme court with the ban suspended refugees and citizens from the

seven predominantly muslim nations can continue, entering the u.s. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", yesterday's weather may have been a cause of the freak accident. why officials believe it was wind that sent a tractor trailer over a bridge and in icy waters. cbs-3's pat gallen meets a , hoping to be the top dog in the nation's most famous dog show all on "eyewitness news" coming

welcome back. investigators are trying to figure out if the truck was blown off virginia's chesapeake bay bridge. tractor trailer crossed in the water yesterday afternoon. navy helicopter spotted the driver standing on top of the truck and they rescued him but he died on the way to the hospital. officials say wind gusts were as high as 60 miles an hour earlier in the day. next month the hit cbs drama blue bloods will reach a major television milestone, 150 episodes. >> that is huge. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao was on the set the this past wednesday and she talk to the cast about its success. >> our show, it is still growing in the seventh year. it the is just a real blessing >> is that it. >> reporter: since 2010 blue bloods has followed the family as they fight crime in new york city and often fight with each other across the dinner table. >> the truth is... >> reporter: cast credits much of the show's success to good characters and attention to authenticity, proven they say, when they get the seal of the

approval from the real life nypd. >> the cop goes blue bloods so yeah, it is a big deal. >> when i see a police office are in the the street they will say good job. >> reporter: how will blue bloods top itself after that 150 episode milestone. >> cheers made it to 275. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: do you think you have that have many in you. >> my friend topped out at 275 >> reporter: find out if he thinks blue bloods cannulas that long. we will talk philly food with donnie wahlberg who owns wahlbergers in northern liberties and is what on the menu for episode 150, tonight on "eyewitness news" at is 11:00. looking forward to it. catch blue bloods tonight and every friday night at 10:00 right here on cbs-3 followed by "eyewitness news" at 11:00. that 150th episode airs friday march 31st. it is a big weekend for world of music, still ahead on "eyewitness news". >> we are live with the best judges of muse wick their grammy predictions, katie. >> love our sister station, dy

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hate to point this out but it is cold out there. >> there is that, yes, jim. >> have you stepped outside sincee got the in this morning >> no. >> it is coal. >> he was bad enough then. >> i went on a coffee run and i was freezing cold on the way back in. if you. stepped back outside maybe working second shift bundle up adequately. that sun's not doing us any favors. it is still really cold outside and the wind is still, blustery enough that you notice it. is it the 40's, 50-mile an hour gust of yesterday? thankfully, no. but it is still awfully cold. lets start things off by

taking you to one of the spots where we ended up with a decent amount of snow in bethlehem here as we overlook 378, south mountain in the the distance here. beautiful wintry scene. dicey trying to get around with these icing issues, but we are going to see a warming trend this is next couple days to help moderate the temperature, obviously melt some of this away and that will be good news, certainly not a fan of the snow. i know you aren't. many are but a lot have you aren't as well. lets take a look at storm scan next. thinks all calm as can be, we have a couple thin cloud, for the most part though, it is a clear sky. see this disturbance off to the north and west allowing more cloud cover to build in with time here today. poconos might see a quick snow shower at some point tonight and that that is reflected in the future weather here. six or 7:00 o'clock. it should not accumulate but notice a few flakes traveling up toward ski resorts for a long weekend, something like. that we will get into tomorrow temperatures moderate up. we will see slivers of sunshine through these clouds but mainly a cloudy day and then come sunday comes this

next storm. this looks like a big deal for new england at this point. do i think we at worst to have deal with sleet up around northern most counties of the lehigh valley, poconos, at least at on set since it will still be on the chilly side but for philadelphia and any points south of this, just rain, out of it, and then again that comes on sunday. in the meantime though, with a series of systems working their way through what we will have is another drop on the thermometer. so while weekend is actually warming up, come monday there will be a spill in from some colder air that knocks temperatures back a little bit more. the here's where we stan, we are either at or below freezing every where. it is a cold start to the afternoon, again, we showed you earlier in the broadcast feels like values. you have to knock 10 to 15 degrees off. rest of the day 34 degrees, at best, any sunshine yielding cloud cover and still cold outside but with the blanket of clouds tonight we will bottom out to 30 and then looking forward into our "eyewitness news" seven day we will take it, not shorts and t-shirts weather, but flirting

with or hitting 50 both saturday or sun take we will get, not terrible, couple showers as we mentioned on sunday but no major storms in sight for now, jim, over to you. >> thanks, very much katie. grammys will air this sunday night on cbs 36789 joining us for an award preview are our radio host, the ladies, beck from 96.5, amy somers from wxtu and marilyn russell from wogl. welcome. >> good morning. >> are you looking forward to sunday. >> so much. >> lets get into things. lets start with your pick for best album of the year. >> this is tough for me because adele and beyonce are both in this album but i will will go with beyonce because that visual album and lemonade was incredible. i will go beyonce. >> hard to argue with either of those albums because they were monster, right but i think what will happies all of those votes will cancel each other out, stirgill simpson is my vote. he is under dog and knock peoples socks off. >> i think boys will have a

big shot this year, this time of the year. i think drake might do well. he has been hanging on with j lose, superstar and he is a control lover. >> i love that about drake. >> okay, well, moving on, there. what about record of the year. >> i will go adele. adele will do so well on sunday night, this one will be adele. >> i will go adele too. >> marilyn. >> i think i'm changing, it now. even though i love rolling this is deep that album 21 so much better then this album she's unstoppable and she's perfect. >> lets he start out song of the year, marilyn, you go first. >> welshing we will go with drake, my boy. >> annie. >> i will go with this 17 years, i think that is like for a bunch of young guys to come up with such a melon collie but really deep, wise beyond their years song this will be a big one for them.

>> i will go adele. this video got 1.9 billion views on you tube which is insane, so i think that she will take some of the award home. >> you have your own specialty , so let's speak first about pop solo performance, which is the best >> ariana grad day had a huge year. we have beyonce and adele. i think ariana grande will take this home with dangerous woman. >> no doughnuts for her this time. >> no doughnuts. >> yes. >> and andie, best country solo performance, what are you going for. >> this is hard because i feel morein morris and mike church, it the is just so hard to compete with that but she's young, she's new hi means she will probably win. but my vote will go for, keith urban and blue ain't your color because i don't know how you can top those vocals. that song is unbelievable. >> marilyn, best traditional pop vocal album. >> i will go with josh groban.

he does pure imagination. you are singing with the song and you want chocolate from the willie wonka factory. i love his vocal stylings. >> what are you looking forward to most about this show, on sunday. >> i think rinse tribute and george michael tribute, you know, like it is really exciting because they all come together and everybody gets along and everybody respects and add hires about each other , and that is what i love about the grammys. and the outfits. >> people watching. >> yes. >> i'm so excited that country is making a huge impact in the gram thinks year. we have keith urban and carrie underwood performing their new singer the fighter which is unbelievable. if you have not seen it the yet, keith urban and his wife nicole kidman do a cute rendition of that song this their jeep. check that out. but other one is morein morris if you are not aware of her yet you will be after sunday night for sure. >> i love herman morris and alycia keys who will be

incredible. i will be looking for beyonce baby belly because she will be presenting it to the world. >> yes. >> super excited for that. >> we appreciate all of you ladies coming here you though we love you dearly. >> what are your picks. >> you know what, i'm always wrong, i don't want to jinks it. >> go with adele, you'll be good. >> yes, appreciate it. >> again, you can watch grammys here, big night is sunday right here on cbs and we will be right back.

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welcome back. a dog from palmyra new jersey will be among 3,000 competitors in new york for west minister dog show. >> so we introduce to you o ryan his own roxanne on "eyewitness news" this morning two and a half year old great dane knows what it is like to be a champion. he walk away with several titles last year, our pat gallen tried his hand at being a show dog walker. he didn't do too badly there. >> owe rice an already weighs 160-pound. >> he weighs more than pat. >> yes. >> that is something to think about as we end this "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. for katie and all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 always on line cbs philly.com. >> young and restless is up next. have have a great weekend, everyone.

[ door closes ] >> nick: we need to talk. >> chelsea: what? >> nick: [ chuckles ] uh, i vow to respect, honor, and thwart all of my daughter's attempts to ruin my social life. but yours, on the other hand, looks like it's going great. >> chelsea: this is just, you know, something i wear sometimes when i'm...cleaning. >> nick: it is white. so if you spill bleach on it, nobody will notice. >> chelsea: this is actually a-a new gown i designed for my bridal collection. so i thought i would try it on, you know, to make sure that the fabric flowed when the bride walks down the aisle. >> nick: it looks great. >> chelsea: thanks. you know what? i'm gonna go slip into something a little less formal. >> nick: i really just, uh, came by to apologize for faith's behavior. um, you know, it was uncalled for, her volunteer